Allamano and Tekakwita

The Chapel of the Consolata Missionaries Centre, in Toronto, has been enriched with two new stained glass windows: one dedicated to our Blessed Founder Joseph Allamano, and the other one dedicated to Kateri Tekakwitha, the patron saint of the native Americans.

This stained glass project started in 2003 and came to a close this past Tuesday, October 15th, 2013, with the installation of the two last windows.

We are very grateful to all the benefactors who contributed to make this possible: now everyone can pay homage to Blessed Joseph Allamano, the Founder of the Consolata Missionaries, and to the Flower of the Algonguins - the Lily of the Mohawks.

The work was completed by Joseph, a German artist from Artistic Glass Company who had also completed the previous windows.

The stained glass window of our Blessed Founder, Joseph Allamano, is particularly striking: We are pleased that it was installed prior to World Mission Sunday which we will celebrate this coming weekend.  Even though his feet never touched Canadian soil, his obedience to the Holy Spirit eventually led to arrival of the Consolata Missionaries in this country, bathed with the blood of the first Canadian martyrs.  

The window dedicated to Blessed Joseph Allamano is a small tribute to a man deeply in love with both God and humanity.

Fr. Peter Turrone